The rebuild of Christchurch has put public planning and procurement processes under the spotlight.

Senior firefighter Terry Gyde tunnelled his way into the twisted steel and concrete of two collapsed buildings in the aftermath of the February 22, 2011 earthquake.

A building crisis in Canterbury could be as widespread as the leaky home issue, lawyers say.

The $30 billion rebuild of post-earthquake Christchurch will race ahead if local firms team up with British firms experienced in major construction projects.

A heartfelt apology has been issued to the families of the CTV Building collapse victims by the structural engineer who designed it.

A $10 million memorial for the victims of Christchurch’s February 22 earthquake will be built on the banks of the Avon River.

Editorial: It is easy to sympathise with Local Govt NZ's misgivings about Labour's plan to take EQC levies off insurance premiums and add them to rates bills.

Labour is proposing a sweeping overhaul of New Zealand's disaster insurance regime including shifting EQC levies from insurance premiums

Jim Anderton asks: 'Take a good look at the Cathedral as it still stands today, (taken from a helicopter on June 7, 2014), and ask yourself does this look like a ruin to you?'

For many people in Canterbury, the earthquakes of September 2010, February 2011 and later had little or no effect.

'The most threatening bit was to do the surgery.' Two doctors who amputated the legs of a man trapped during the Christchurch quakes are honored for their bravery.

Claims about anti-competitive practices in New Zealand's plasterboard market have been added to by a former Christchurch building sector worker who says he has first-hand experience of it.

An order preventing deconstruction of ChristChurch Cathedral has just been lifted by the High Court.